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Archive for July, 2006

Ask Steve - Why Grow?

Sunday, July 9th, 2006

Why do you want to constantly improve and develop yourself?  Why not simply say, “This is good enough.  I’ll just relax in the garden with a glass of wine instead of finding a way to be more productive”?  Where does this self-improvement drive come from?
Initially my interest in personal development was a totally reactive event.  [...]

Ask Steve

Sunday, July 9th, 2006

This week I thought it would be fun to do something a little creative.  Instead of writing full-length articles to explore certain topics in depth, I’ll make frequent shorter posts, and all of them will address reader questions that you submit.
My current to-write list has enough ideas on it to last me a year.  It’s like a hydra.  Whenever I write [...]

8 Guidelines for Choosing Effective Beliefs

Saturday, July 8th, 2006

In the previous post on Installing Empowering Beliefs, you learned the importance of consciously selecting and deliberately installing your beliefs about reality instead of merely swallowing what you were taught growing up.  Now I’ll go into more detail on how to determine whether or not a belief will be effective for you.
So here are 8 guidelines for [...]

Installing Empowering Beliefs

Wednesday, July 5th, 2006

None of us make decisions based on reality itself.  We make decisions based on our beliefs about reality.  When our beliefs are accurate, our decisions will tend to be effective, producing the results we desire.  But when our beliefs are inaccurate, our decisions will often be ineffective, producing undesired results.
We all know how to make decisions within [...]

Goal Planning for Optimal Enjoyment

Saturday, July 1st, 2006

Let’s say you’ve set some goals for yourself, and now you want to map out a basic plan for how you’ll achieve them.  How do you do this?
Obviously there are many ways to plan your action steps, but as a generalization it seems intelligent to aim for a plan that you estimate will consume the least time and resources.  [...]



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